Published 2 July 2018 #Epidemiology and related matters. For Ken Rothman's twitter page, click here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/ken-rothman-twitter - 2025-02-26

Published 28 June 2018 registerforskning.se - a service provided by The Swedish Research Council - is now available in English Visit registerresearch.se och registerforskning.se/en

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/registerforskningse-now-english - 2025-02-26

Published 7 July 2018 SCAPIS – en unik kunskapsbank för dagens och framtidens forskare Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/goda-exempel-befolkningsstudier - 2025-02-26

Published 30 June 2018 New publication in American Journal of Epidemiology Polytomous outcomes are common in epidemiologic studies. Analyses based on multinomial models employ a likelihood that utilizes the data observed in all outcome categories simultaneously and permits inferences regarding associations across outcome categories. However, the potentially large number of estimated parameters pro

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/inverse-probability-weights-analysis-polytomous-outcomes - 2025-02-26

Published 1 July 2018 Internationaliseringsutredningen som arbetar på uppdrag av regeringen har presenterat sitt delbetänkande i form av en strategisk agenda för internationalisering av universitet och högskolor (SOU 2018:3). Sammantaget välkomnar Formas en ökad ambitionsnivå för den svenska högskolans internationalisering såsom den presenteras i utredningens strategiska agenda. Många av förslagen

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/formas-remissvar-angaende-internationalisering-av-universitet-och-hogskolor - 2025-02-26

Published 4 July 2018 A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI) Read the publication on IJE's website.During the summer, we will not update the ”publications of interest” list. Instead, new publications of relevance for population studies will be posted as news here on lupop.lu.se.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/cohort-profile-health-and-ageing-africa - 2025-02-26

Published 8 July 2018 New cohort profile presented by the International Journal of Epidemiology Read the publication on IJE's website.During the summer, we will not update the ”publications of interest” list. Instead, new publications of relevance for population studies will be posted as news here on lupop.lu.se.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/cohort-profile-china-hainan-centenarian-cohort-study-chccs - 2025-02-26

Published 5 July 2018 New publication in the International Journal of Epidemiology Read the publication on IJE's website.During the summer, we will not update the ”publications of interest” list. Instead, new publications of relevance for population studies will be posted as news here on lupop.lu.se.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/valid-and-efficient-subgroup-analyses-using-nested-case-control-data - 2025-02-26

Published 9 July 2018 New publication in the International Journal of Epidemiology AbstractWe propose methods to determine the minimum number of subjects remaining at risk after which Kaplan-Meier survival plots for time-to-event outcomes should be curtailed, as, once the number remaining at risk drops below this minimum, the survival estimates are no longer meaningful in the context of the invest

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/data-maturity-and-follow-time-event-analyses - 2025-02-26

Published 20 June 2018 Fall-risk-increasing drugs and falls requiring health care among older people with intellectual disability in comparison with the general population: A register study BackgroundFalls are the most common cause of injury for older people in the general population as well as among those with intellectual disability. There are many risk factors for falls, including a range of dr

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/new-population-study-lu-plos-one - 2025-02-26

Published 11 July 2018 New cohort profile available in International Journal of Epidemiology. Read the publication on IJE's website.During the summer, we will not update the ”publications of interest” list. Instead, new publications of relevance for population studies will be posted as news here on lupop.lu.se.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/cohort-profile-haematological-malignancy-research-network-hmrn-uk-population-based-patient-cohort - 2025-02-26

Published 13 July 2018 The Canadian Hospitalization and Taxation Database (C-HAT) Read the publication on IJE's website.During the summer, we will not update the ”publications of interest” list. Instead, new publications of relevance for population studies will be posted as news here on lupop.lu.se.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/data-resource-profile-ije - 2025-02-26

Published 14 July 2018 The aims of the FINRISK Study include the major non-communicable diseases, not just cardiovascular diseases. Read the publication on IJE's website.During the summer, we will not update the ”publications of interest” list. Instead, new publications of relevance for population studies will be posted as news here on lupop.lu.se.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/cohort-profile-national-finrisk-study - 2025-02-26

Published 15 July 2018 BackgroundMetrics that quantify economic and social spatial polarization at multiple geographical levels are not routinely used by health agencies, despite rising inequalities.MethodsWe employed the Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICE), which quantifies how persons in a specified area are concentrated into the top vs bottom of a specified societal distribution, to ex

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/using-index-concentration-extremes-multiple-geographical-levels-monitor-health-inequities-era - 2025-02-26

Published 16 July 2018 The aim of The PROspective Québec (PROQ) Study on Work and Health is to further extend our comprehension of the effect of work stressors on cardiovascular and mental health. Read the publication on IJE's website.During the summer, we will not update the ”publications of interest” list. Instead, new publications of relevance for population studies will be posted as news here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/cohort-profile-prospective-quebec-proq-study-work-and-health - 2025-02-26

Published 17 July 2018 Bringing together existing cohorts from the USA, UK and Australia. Read the publication on IJE's website.During the summer, we will not update the ”publications of interest” list. Instead, new publications of relevance for population studies will be posted as news here on lupop.lu.se.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/data-resource-profile-child-language-repository-clare - 2025-02-26

Published 14 August 2018 The work includes to organise a database of several Swedish cohorts and national registers and to use these data for research within a large-scaled epidemiological study of metabolic factors and prostate cancer risk and prognosis. The work may also include statistical supervision within the research group or in other collaborations. More information available here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/job-opportunity-assistant-researcher-cancer-epidemiology - 2025-02-26

Published 21 August 2018 The course is intended for all doctoral students at the medical faculty that work with clinical or epidemiologic studies. The course is also open for postdoctoral researchers (course fee 5000 SEK, there is no fee for doctoral students). Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/course-applied-epidemiology-and-statistics-iii-propensity-score-stratification-and-mendelian - 2025-02-26

Published 21 August 2018 The course is primarily intended for doctoral students at the Medical Faculty, Lund University, with research projects were missing data exists and needs to be handled. Also post-doctoral and senior researchers are welcomed to apply, but will be charged a fee of 5,000 SEK for the course. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/course-approaches-handling-missing-data - 2025-02-26

Published 22 August 2018 New population based research from Lund University and La Trobe University (Melbourne) is making headlines in Australia! Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/we-need-know-sex-if-its-girl-we-are-going-terminate-it - 2025-02-26